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countertenor and piano
Duration: 4'
First printing, December 2023
Supplication
Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr. (1922)
I am so tired and weary, So tired of the endless fight, So weary of waiting the dawn And finding endless night.
That I ask but rest and quiet — Rest for days that are gone, And quiet for the little space That I must journey on.
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Compensation
Paul Laurence Dunbar (1905)
Because I had loved so deeply, Because I had loved so long, God in His great compassion Gave me the gift of song.
Because I have loved so vainly, And sung with such faltering breath, The Master in infinite mercy Offers the boon of Death.
Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr. “Supplication” (1922)
Fatigued = 32
Iamsotiredandweary, Sotiredoftheend
Joel ompson (2021)
Restfordaysthataregone,Andquietforthelittlespace
- - journeyon. Imustjour ossia neyon.
for countertenor and piano
Paul Laurence Dunbar “Compensation” (1905)
Simply ( = ca. 80)
- -BecauseIhadlovedsodeeply,BecauseIhadlovedsolong,
GodinHisgreatcompassion Gavemethegiftofsong.
Solemn = 60 - - - - - Mas ter in in nite mer cy Of fers the boon of Death.
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